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Virus infected yam © IITA (CC BY-NC)

Virus infected yam © IITA (CC BY-NC)

We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this fortnight include first report of Erwinia carotovora causing bacterial pod rot of cocoa in India, a new combination of viruses causing tobacco bushy top disease in Ethiopia and research into yam virus X, a new potexvirus infecting yams (Dioscorea spp.) and evidence for the existence of at least three distinct potexviruses infecting yam. 

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